Five hundred years. Monica who had watched the empire the whole time. She looked over the imperial capital. It had continued to expand, had become a metropolis that supported a population of three million, but now it was wrapped in a sea of flames, black smoke rising all around.

While the other Valkyries had applied changes to their bodies with the advancement of technologies, Monica alone, for these five hundred years… never set foot out of the capital.

And what she saw at the end was the sight of those carrying Lyle’s blood attacking the city. Among them she could confirm the forms of Valkyries.

“To think they’d invade us so far in want of the Jewel. Having memories burn away is a lonely sight, even for an automaton. Even when the records remain in my databases.”

The clock tower slowly tilted over before crumbling to bits. The fall of the bell at the top of the tower raised a terrible din.

Inside her hand, Monica was gripping the Jewel.

“… How unfortunate. There is no way I could accept anyone who would do such a thing as Lyle-sama’s successor. This Jewel shall remain under this Monica’s management.”

Jumping down from the roof, she ran through the noisy castle.

In the decayed empire, the generals who bought their status with money were shouting at their men.

The officials were trying to run, and among them were even some trying to take the castle’s valuable along with them.

Five hundred years. Monica had seen it all.

She had watched it all. She had always operated as one of the maids of the castle, and didn’t even approach the inner palace.

The Valkyries distanced themselves from the inner palace as well.

Perhaps there was a conspirator in the castle, as the gate opened so easily. The ones on standby outside stampeded in, and raised a ruckus through the palace walls.

Perhaps they had strong ones among them, as the castle’s knights didn’t even serve to buy time. Even if there were those that could fight, they were singled out, surrounded, and cut down.

“They really did their research.”

Monica ran through the chaotic structures, only to find some enemy knights standing before her.

“Maid over there! Stay where you are!”

“If you resist, I’ve no choice but to kill you!”

Two well-trained knight.

A fearless smile on her face, Monica grabbed and tossed them away. While the surrounding allied soldiers were surprised, they faithfully bowed their heads and ran off to fight another battle.

“They didn’t lay hands on the innocent maid. They were good knights. So I didn’t take their lives.”

If they had cut at her without question, even if she didn’t go as far as taking their lives, she’d at least have given them grave injury. Monica proceeded down the secret corridors she’d grown accustomed to, heading to the throne room to find the panicked forms of the authorities.

And his imperial highness… Lyle’s descendent was placed on the seat Lyle once sat. Placed was the proper term.

His eyes were vacant.

Despite the ruckus going on outside, he didn’t show a reaction. But there was a prime minister nearby, and ignoring the emperor entirely, the minister shouted out orders. As Monica approached the throne, the prime minister noticed. He was a man who got his status with money and authority.

“W-why is a maid in such a place!? Stand back, you’re committing a deed of disrespect!”

Monica narrowed her eyes.

“You’re the ones being disrespectful. Good grief, it takes quite the mind to think of these means. Even if the emperor is but a single governing system, doing something like this…”

He was once a wise child. Monica had confirmed it from afar. But once he had a successor, he was incapacitated with drugs, and even fed poison.

From his half-open mouth, a small, ‘aaah’ came out as he tried to say something. This sort of thing had already carried on for a number of generations. It had continued for half a century. The surrounding authorities. And the prime minister and those that took care of him, had made the emperor into nothing more than an ornament.

For that sake, the shifts in generation during that half a century happened exceptionally quickly.

Monica smacked the palace guards away and came out in front of his imperial highness. And getting on her knees, she deeply lowered her head.

“My deepest apologies, your majesty… From the founding emperor Lyle, this Monica… but at least at the very end…”

Saying that, Monica kicked away the prime minister who had drawn his sword to approach. The minister who fell down the stairs broke some bones, but he seemed to be alive.

And Monica quietly cut at the neck of the current emperor. As the blood spouted out, she let it shower her body.

The empty-eyed emperor reached a hand for Monica. Monica gripped that hand tightly.

“Tha…”

With a face as if he had been released at the end, the emperor closed his eyes. Monica turned a glance to the secretly swapped out fake Blue Jewel before her own eyes.

There, the door to the audience chamber was broken down.

The form of four Valkyries led by the crown prince of Cartaffs.

“Your majesty. The crown prince of Cartaffs, Zerg, has come to save you. To punish the parasites nesting in the empire, and… woman, are you the one who killed him.”

Seeing the bloody form of the emperor Monica embraced, Zerg stopped his advance. The knights and soldiers that raced around the audience chamber.

But Zerg who watched Monica was perfectly calm. The ones who flew into a rage were the Valkyries around him.

“Monica… you betrayed!”
“Not only did you keep us away, even his majesty… as we surmised, you were broken after all!”
“We shall destroy you by our hands!”

Blue armor, and white wing binders. In the space of five hundred years, the Valkyries had grown in power. Against them, Monica alone was at a disadvantage.

“It would be troublesome if I was destroyed here.”

Monica sat the emperor down on the throne, took a tidy bow, and ran from the spot. She was more knowledgeable of the castle than any Valkyrie. For it had been remodeled bit by bit.

With nothing to do, apart from her regular work, she’d either tamper with Porter or tamper with the palace… such was the life that Monica led.

As she ran, she headed for the inner palace at once. The alliance army that invaded the castle had already reached and lain hands on the women and children of the palace.

500 years, twice as long as the first 8 generations of the Walt house.
It isn’t easy to hold out for so many generations.
What had once started must eventually end. But 500 years later, the jewel has yet to regain it’s power huh?
I guess Monica is really crazy about Lyle. Makes me wonder why the other Valkyries chose to serve the other descendents instead of the main line?
Is their desire to monopolize a single master so great? And how on earth is Monica being maintained? Or the few other original Valkyries that used Lyle’s mana to function? Does this mean that the gem is still giving mana to Monica and the Valkyries???

Sorry, Monica’s final thoughts of the real jewel being passed to her by Lyle??? I think the plot thickens. For 450 years she has been holding onto the real jewel. I think it is safe to say that Lyle knew his jewel to continue supplying her with mana.
That should explain why none of Lyle’s descendents showed up in the second part of the epilogue I guess?

it wouldn’t be weird if lyle didn’t try some things on monica because he knew that monica would shut off if he didn’t supply her with mana…so maybe the lyle in the jewel can answer the mystery regarding monica…

so the sevens gaiden starts after 500 years huh…and the enemy is still related from novem…and the mc is from shannon according to some commenters chapters ago…

if you think about it, all other Valkyries besides Monica and 1,2,3 .. were completely devoted to Lyle while the others chose their own mistresses to serve … and 1,2,3 were killed/destroyed by the Butler….. i think…

These Faunbeux guys are the same family that betrayed the first Lyle? If yes Well on the bright side at least we know from savens gaiden that their impire is going fall (again, seriously what does it take for these guys learn that they are not fit to rule)

I know this is extremely late, but let me just comment. Sorry if it bothers.
Anyway, Monica did mention that this last emperor was talented in hi9s youth, but was poisoned (by drugs, poison, maybe treatment) by the officials in the palace. You know, like Elza’s country with that minister, except in a much much worse state.

Man, I don’t get why Lyle didn’t pass on the jewel to his descendants. Well 450 without everything going to shit is a pretty good record for a first go 🙆
Thanks for the translation✌👍
BTW yoraisan what series are thinking of picking up after you take a break? Would you mind reading ahead 10 nen goshi no hikiniito to see if you like it, if you do, then you could team up with yukkuri-san?

Hey, there’s Yamato dynasty of Japan which has existed (traditionally) for over 2500 years (though the first several heads’ existences were somewhat sketchy in evidence). Well, admittedly, practically all were (except for the Meiji to early Hirohito and few other exceptions) just figureheads and ceremonial leaders looked up as divines, so they have that.

Well, i actualy think it’s an unavoidable thing when a kingdom fall to ruin because the foolish and greedy nobles and moronic military. Bloody hell. Let the greedy died in the blood. Let the proud fall to ruin. Thanks for chapter Yorai.

I really want to see king that makes civilization become hikikomori and in the end getting swatted by monsters(Severn gaiden) but damn imagining Monica as she is immortal kinda hurt my heart…saying goodbye one by one even someday to Leo Walt too

Im suprised things even reached this point where the officials took control of the royal line. Monica and the valkyries were all here so it baffles me that they let this happen. For 50 years too. They should hold some athority as the guardians of the royal line so why did they distance themselves from the inner palace. Hope its explained in the gaiden. Poor monica, she suffers through the immortal servants curse of seeing all previous masters die before her.

It seems Monica kept the valkyries away from the inner palace. It’s not good if immortals or long living races meddle in the affairs of mortals too much. The mortals might become dependant on them and not able to make a decisions on their own.

There still seemed to be Valkyries that continued to serve the Walt bloodline outside of the inner palace. There primary job was just to serve and protect, they never really be involved in the policies of the state. If they continued as caretakers they could’ve been fine. Guessing it all had to do with how one of the Walt descendents were raised by the Valkyries that caused them to distance themselves.

intrigues, politics, anything can happen in 500 years. Also it implies that Monica still observe the state of the royal line even when she’s not involved anymore. Probably Lyle ordered the valkyries to serve the descendent they feel best suited and secretly ordered Monica to observe and give the execution if the empire falls.

I would love to see a summarized history of what happened after Lyle passed away. Like what his descendants got up to and how it lead to the fall. From looks of it Cartaffs finally got their revenge on the Walt house by raising one of Lianne’s descendants against the Walts.

Cartaffs is Ludmilla’s country. Lianne is Faunbeux which claim true legitimacy for some reason. Either way, I doubt anyone still alive remember the grudge and pretty sure Lianne and her children will wash away all the grudge in the course of 500 years. I’m more curious about the descendent of non-princess faction leader like Miranda, Novem, and Shannon. Its kinda weird Shannon is mentioned more in the history book of the future compared to Novem (Miranda is sticked there as her older sister and number 2)

I thought the Faunbeux were Bahnseim lol. While reading this, I wondered what happened to Damien’s project and what happened to the moon thing. Also, the Valkyries are all over the place but still no sighting of Octo.

This extra story is very good. It kinda makes sense why the Walt name became such a joke. Also, it’s still moving when Monica refers to Lyle with “-sama”. This is another reason why Monica nicknaming Lyle “chicken” is good. She doesn’t have to play up her sharp-tongued attribute and she doesn’t get overly excited because of the circumstance so we got plain cool Monica.

Its almost 500 years, Bahnseim is already just a stepping stone in history like Sentras of old and Faunbeux also have claim to the throne through Lianne. 500 years is also not bad and even then, it seems like the main line still quite wise king even though he’s poisoned by the PM and probably try and failed to purify the empire system of filth before he’s poisoned

Probably Lyle does not want to poison his successors with overlooming shadow of his back. If he did pass it, then Lyle might become shadow emperor forever since he’s the revered God Emperor and have particularly huge influence, not a good thing since generation change is important too.

“Humans, you see, they’re able to change in accordance with the times. But as you grow older, you become more set in your ways so it becomes difficult. So changing generation is important after all. If you keep your mouth open all the way, the next generation will never grow up.”

I’m guessing Lyle thought the gem might me to powerful and that’s why he entrusted it to Monica. Also this chapter answered the question I had many chapters back about the valkyries and their factions. Still why exactly did the other descendants want the gem so badly yes it is powerful but that should only hold true if you have someone to teach you the skills past the first stage, or is it more like proof that since they are able to use the gem it proves they are true descendants of Lyle?
Anyway thank you for the chapter!!!

It’s been a few months, but…
The Gem became the symbol of the Royal line.
So: owning the Gem = proof that you’re the true sucessor.
And since the real one has been with Monica all along, to others it was ornament, and not a Jewel with power.
Maybe Lyle lied and said to his descendants that the Jewel lost it’s powers completelly instead of just turning back into a Gem.

It’s been a few years, but allow me to supplement Batata Yacon.
Remember that a Gem can pass down Skills, but once it becomes a Jewel, it manifests a recorded existence of their users to teach those skills. In a purely functional sense, it’s simply an upgraded version of a Gem. However, it most probably became a symbol of the Walt Imperial Family. Whether Lyle gave a fake to the descendants with the genuine one to Monica or she simply took the genuine Jewel for safekeeping when the empire was about to fall, a symbol of power is ultimately its greatest use for the succession forces. Well, rather than a unified empire, it was more a well-coordinated properly functioning association of nations under one ruler, much like a far better version of the Holy Roman Empire.

Even with Lyle, Monica can’t intervene she can only provide suggestions and innovations but that’s it. Lyle was influenced by the ancestors that’s why he became like that while the successors were corrupted by the other nobles, as a maid, she’ll just watch until her master orders her to move

Technically, the ancestors did awake once (if not more) after Lyle, and it seems it was already after the empire. I mean, a child of royalty in a public (or at the very least one accessible to the public) school? It was only unlucky that Monica did not awaken, I think.

Somehow Gaiden feels really different than this chapter & epilogue part 2. Monica still call Lyle as chicken dickwad, and refer to the Valkyries (wanting to raise uselessly cute chick) as ‘us’. But we can see in this chapter that the Valkyries are already split apart.
Is gaiden written before the main story finishes?

No, the Gaiden is set 2000 years after the main story, while this story takes place 500 years after that. Monica’s tsundere only has a point when there’s someone to tsun, she won’t insult Lyle when he’s not around.

There are quite substantial amounts of give-and-takes too even among the named mistresses like Ludmilla and Lianne. Even though they kinda fell for Lyle, its more of “He’s a man destined for great things, better invest first”-type of falling in love. In a way, Shannon is kinda like Forrest Gump where she can still be in there just because she’s one of the earliest.

Well, lineage aside, the circumstances 500 years after Lyle should have already been too different for Lyle to seriously affect. Sure, they may act in the name of being the “rightful” successors, but their present ambitions and circumstances were surely the greater drive in setting flames to the empire.

I kinda regret for reading this chapter,but this situation were inevitable,and for it to hold on for 500 years already quite something.the main problem imo was Lyle size of the harem and some of them being a princess /queen status,If here were not having this many mistress,the empire might hold much longer.And its so damn heartbreaking seeing Monica live that long and had to see all her important people gone one by one,If i would be in her position,i would just self-destruct myself but i guess Lyle wont allowed that and passed an important duty for her to watch over his descendant.Monica even tho she just an automaton ,She undoubtely my favorite in this series for her loyalty and funny behaviour.

This was a sad chapter though I suppose it was inevitable. If I’ve got this right, Lyle’s sons eventually became leaders for the different countries since he had a concubine from nearly every one of them. As generations went by, they became less connected, having their own families and such. The chapter mentions an alliance so I assume these countries with Walts as their leaders formed one to destroy the main Empire and main bloodline under the guise of rescuing the current drugged king because surely they wouldn’t have had the power to do it individually. They would go into another warring states era after this before being united again by the main bloodline baby Monica saved.

I think Lyle probably foresaw all this and so chose to entrust the real blue gem to Monica which might be related to the promise she talks about here. Under the peaceful times of the united Empire, there would’ve been no need for the power of the gem. No one would’ve had the gall or the power to oppose the superior singular power of the Empire. If anything ever did threaten to overthrow the Empire, the problem would have to have originated from within the ranks of the Empire which Monica surmised was true in this chapter and at that point, the power of the gem alone wouldn’t save it anyway. At that point, having the true gem be so conspicuous would’ve been dangerous. This,at least I think, is Lyle’s rationale behind the fake blue gem.

Hmm… It just occurred to me that apparently Novem never had a child. I mean, if Leo is Shannon’s descendant and yet of the “main line”, it’d mean that Lyle’s primary heir, the second emperor, was Shannon’s child instead of Novem’s. Unless, of course, the main line died out some time during the 450 or so years of the empire and a branch family heir became the emperor.

Depends on how they decide on succession, I think. Novem did have a child earlier than Shannon so if succession wasn’t strictly a father-son thing, I don’t think it’d be unthinkable for Shannon’s child to have become king after Novem’s child if maybe he didn’t have children or they were incompetent.

How does Leo being a descendant from Shannon means he isn’t from Novem as well?
At some point in the thousands of years, since Lyle’s times there are pretty good chances that the blood got mixed al almost all of Lyle’s descendants, Don’t forget that Nobles like to marry between each other.

Man, this entire chapter makes me wish there was a side story that focuses on each girl’s family life with Lyle from their POV. Like, it counts down from the last to the first girl to join the harem, and they get 4 chapters each. That’s 100 chapters right there, which is about 1/3rd of Seven. 104 if you count Monica.

I just can’t help but feel curious of what Lyle’s life is like ~10 years after becoming emperor, while raising ~50+ kids (assuming he repoduces 1 boy and 1 girl and a few more from the female camp. Really depends on Novem and Miranda’s need to breed lol).